Sunday, july 5, 2009

Mobile Video and TV

Reports on mobile media, mobile video, mobile tv, mobile Internet, mobile entertainment, mobile multimedia, mobile media channel, vCast, MediaFLO, MobiTV, AT&T Cellular Video, and other competing services.

Nokia’s big miss: Company’s 5800 touchscreen smartphone launches in U.S. with no carrier support

February 27 2009 - 12:15 pm ET | Phil Carson | RCR Wireless News

-Nokia's 5800 touchscreen smartphone features support for 3G networks. It will sell for $400 in the U.S. without carrier support.-

Nokia Corp. said today it would offer its mid-tier, touchscreen smartphone — the 5800 XpressMusic — in the United States for $400, with no carrier support. The news undercut Nokia’s public statements that it has approached the U. ... Read More »

By the Numbers: Venture capital deals for fourth quarter of 2008

February 26 2009 - 5:59 am ET | Kristen Beckman | RCR Wireless News

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the fourth quarter. ... Read More »

Metered nation

February 25 2009 - 5:59 am ET | Jeffrey Silva | RCR Wireless News

-<a href=http://www.rcrwireless.com/section/Columnists?tag=Jeffrey%20Silva&tagid=3589>Click here for more from Jeffrey Silva</a>-

What a strange paradoxical digital world this is, with its seemingly endless supply of free content gushing through broadband pipes amid the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. How can this be? Is there such a thing ... Read More »

Mobile adult content robust despite economy

February 24 2009 - 5:59 am ET | MarketingVox

Mobile adult-content market remains a tough market, with projections it may reach $4.9 billion by 2013, propelled in part by increasing demand for video chat services, according to a report from Juniper Research. ... Read More »

White Spaces Database Group shows promises

February 24 2009 - 5:59 am ET | Mark E. Crosby, president and CEO, Enterprise Wireless Alliance

-Mark E. Crosby, president and CEO, Enterprise Wireless Alliance-

There have been some press releases lately announcing the formation of a White Spaces Database Group that has voluntarily come together to identify and establish open and non-proprietary formats and protocols which may eventually ... Read More »

Nielsen: 11 million Americans watched wireless video in the fourth quarter

February 23 2009 - 11:55 am ET | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

Mobile video is slowly gaining traction among U.S. consumers, according to new figures from The Nielsen Company. ... Read More »

MobiTV reaches 6 million users

February 18 2009 - 12:12 pm ET | Allie Winter | RCR Wireless News

MobiTV Inc. has reached its latest milestone, surpassing 6 million customers on its managed mobile media service. Indeed the company is moving quite quickly; MobiTV reached the 4 million customer mark in August, meaning 2 ... Read More »

Half a billion mobile TV viewers and subscribers in 2013

February 10 2009 - 5:59 am ET | cellular-news

­The approaching switchover to all-digital television broadcasting in the United States and other major countries will create an unprecedented opportunity for the mobile TV market, according to a new study from ABI Research. ... Read More »

CBS, NBC shows soar on handhelds

February 4 2009 - 5:59 am ET | MarketingVox

Content from NBC and CBS is among the most popular with viewers of mobile video, with many tuning in to watch hour-long dramas — a format that initially thought to be unwieldy and unpopular with mobile viewers, reports ... Read More »

Digital TV transition to be delayed until June 12

February 4 2009 - 5:32 pm ET | Jeffrey Silva | RCR Wireless News

Congress approved legislation to postpone the digital TV transition from Feb. 17 to June 12, capping a fiercely-partisan House debate today that forces wireless carriers to wait another four months to get 700 MHz licenses they ... Read More »

DTV delay to impact access to 700 MHz licenses

January 31 2009 - 5:59 am ET | Jeffrey Silva | RCR Wireless News

The wireless industry suddenly faces a delay of its own, with digital TV legislation likely headed to the White House soon that will force wireless carriers to wait about four months longer to access 700 MHz spectrum licenses ... Read More »

DTV delay almost ready for prime time

January 30 2009 - 1:07 pm ET | Jeffrey Silva | RCR Wireless News

The Senate approved a digital TV delay bill initially rejected in the House, likely setting the stage for legislation lacking certain concessions requested by wireless and public-safety sectors to be passed and signed into law by ... Read More »

DTV delay stymied, for now

January 29 2009 - 1:44 pm ET | Jeffrey Silva | RCR Wireless News

While House Republicans managed to initially stifle House approval of a bill to delay the digital TV transition from Feb. 17 to June 12, Democrats who control Congress are pursuing a new strategy likely to result in passage next ... Read More »

Qualcomm revenue, income plunges sequentially

January 29 2009 - 12:26 pm ET | Phil Carson | RCR Wireless News

Fiscal first-quarter revenue for Qualcomm Inc. reached $2.52 billion, up 3% year-on-year — the high-end of the company’s prior guidance — and net income reached $341 million, down 56% from the year-ago quarter. ... Read More »

Bid to rein in cellphone photography may prove to be tone deaf, critics say

January 28 2009 - 5:59 am ET | Omar El Akkad | The Globe and Mail Source

A New York congressman has introduced a bill that would force US phone manufacturers to program an audible tone that plays every time the cellphone's camera is used, in an effort to stem the voyeuristic tide of revealing, ... Read More »

DTV delay likely without wireless, public-safety concessions

January 27 2009 - 12:54 pm ET | Jeffrey Silva | RCR Wireless News

Congress is poised to approve legislation postponing the digital TV transition from Feb. 17 to June 12, with the public safety and mobile-phone sectors unable to win many concessions they sought. ... Read More »

Senate committee exempts public safety from DTV delay, but Qualcomm remains snubbed

January 23 2009 - 1:13 pm ET | Jeffrey Silva | RCR Wireless News

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) said a compromise reached on a bill to delay the digital TV transition to June 12 includes a carve-out for first responders, setting the stage for a floor vote and ... Read More »

How we watched the Obama inauguration

January 21 2009 - 12:17 pm ET | Andrew Hampp and Abbey Klaassen | Advertising Age

-President Barack Obama, center at podium, speaks during his inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington yesterday.-Ken Cedeno/Bloomberg News

By the time final numbers are crunched, President Barack Obama's inauguration likely will have been watched by more people and on more platforms than virtually any other televised event in U.S. history — including the Super Bowl. ... Read More »

Hail to the BlackBerry-loving Commander-in Chief

January 20 2009 - 6:14 pm ET | Jeffrey Silva | RCR Wireless News

--

So there I was in the front section on the west front of the U.S. Capitol, within yelling distance of the man who would forever transform presidential campaigning and fund-raising by leveraging cellphone texting, the Internet and ... Read More »

VIDEO @ CES: AT&T's CruiseCast brings TV to the car

January 19 2009 - 12:42 pm ET | Allie Winter | RCR Wireless News

--

Winston Guillory, president of the company behind AT&T Inc.'s CruiseCast, clued us in on what the service entails. CruiseCast streams television channels to the vehicle through an antenna on top of the car. In fact, Guillory ... Read More »

FCC chief Martin resigns, plans move to think tank

January 15 2009 - 2:03 pm ET | Jeffrey Silva | RCR Wireless News

-Kevin Martin-Bloomberg News

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin today announced his resignation, marking an ending to a turbulent tenure in which he often found himself at odds with the mobile-phone industry and the Democratic-controlled ... Read More »

Timing of DTV delay raises tension between Verizon, AT&T

January 15 2009 - 1:09 pm ET | Jeffrey Silva | RCR Wireless News

Congressional Republican and industry opposition are mounting over President-elect Barack Obama’s call to delay next-month’s digital television transition, with the nation’s two largest telecom carriers divided over how Congress ... Read More »

VC executive calls for 'truly mobile video'

January 14 2009 - 5:59 am ET | Daisy Whitney | TV Week

-Roeding-CBS Mobile

Attention mobile video entrepreneurs: One of the top executives at leading venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers is eager to find a mobile video company that offers “truly mobile video,” and he hasn’t seen it ... Read More »

AT&T CruiseCast sets live video for cars

January 12 2009 - 5:59 am ET | Amy Gilroy | TWICE

AT&T CruiseCast announced pricing for its satellite video service for the car due in March, and said its service will also be offered to Avis/Budget rental cars customers in April. ... Read More »

CBS signs deal with Verizon FiOS, Wireless

January 12 2009 - 5:59 am ET | Yinka Adegoke and Ritsuko Ando | Reuters

Verizon Communications and CBS Corp said on Monday they had reached an expanded deal to carry CBS television shows like "CSI" and "Survivor" on Verizon's FiOS TV service as well as its wireless network. ... Read More »

U.S. broadcasters to launch mobile DTV across 22 markets

January 9 2009 - 1:25 pm ET | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

The Open Mobile Video Coalition said it will launch mobile DTV services across 63 stations in 22 markets, covering 35% of U.S. television markets. ... Read More »

Sling shows love for iPhone, Mac computers

January 6 2009 - 5:59 am ET | Arlen Schweiger | Electronic House

Sling Media has whipped up a prototype of SlingPlayer for Mac HD, as well as a version of SlingPlayer Mobile for the iPhone. ... Read More »

MobiTV adds CBS to lineup

January 6 2009 - 5:59 am ET | Marguerite Reardon | CNET

MobiTV has struck a new content deal with CBS to include popular shows from the network in its lineup of mobile TV channels. ... Read More »

Hong Kong mobile TV faces hard slog

December 29 2008 - 5:59 am ET | By Sol E. Solomon | Business Week

Research firm Gartner says costs will likely rule out profits anytime soon for mobile TV service providers in Hong Kong ... Read More »

Worst of the Week: Predictions for 2009

December 18 2008 - 11:58 am ET | RCR Wireless staff | RCR Wireless News

Welcome to a special edition of our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. As 2008 draws to a close and we take stock of all the changes that have happened in the wireless industry, we can’t help but wonder how things will look a ... Read More »

Babelgum launches free video to mobile

December 12 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Colleen Barry | Mobile Tech Today

Babelgum, launched by the founder of the Italian telecommunication company Fastweb as a Web site that streams video for free, has set itself apart from sites like YouTube that are partially outlets for amateur video by providing ... Read More »

Q & A: Ray DeRenzo, MobiTV’s SVP of product, programming and marketing

December 12 2008 - 12:23 pm ET | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

-Ray DeRenzo-

Wireless video services and trials are spinning their wheels all over the world, but MobiTV Inc. somehow continues to gain traction. The Emeryville, Calif.-based firm has parlayed $100-plus million in venture capital into an ... Read More »

Mobile TV to generate $10B in revenues by ‘13

December 10 2008 - 5:59 am ET | RCR Wireless News

Mobile TV services are expected to generate revenues of $1.5 billion this year and increase to more than $10 billion in 2013, according to a new study from Informa Telecoms & Media. ... Read More »

REVIEW: Netflix fans should add PhoneFlix to their smartphone queue

December 9 2008 - 12:33 pm ET | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

-PhoneFlix provides Netflixers mobile access to their account.-

Nitpickers will find some legitimate reasons to turn their noses up at PhoneFlix, but when it comes to the most obvious and important use cases, PhoneFlix delivers. A keeper for Netflix subscribers who carry the G1. ... Read More »

Video startup Buzzwire hires former Newsweek executive

December 8 2008 - 12:46 pm ET | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

-Greg Osberg is Buzzwire's new chief executive.-

Buzzwire Inc. bagged a new leader, hiring former Newsweek president and worldwide publisher Greg Osberg to expand its network of content and carrier partners. ... Read More »

MobiTV basks in glow of presidential election season

December 3 2008 - 1:19 pm ET | Colin Gibbs

MobiTV Inc. announced its 5 millionth viewer just four months after it surpassed the 4-million-user mark. ... Read More »

MySpace brings its video catalogue to mobile

December 3 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Allie Winter | RCR Wireless News

Move over YouTube. MySpace lovers can now access video from the social-networking monster on their handsets. MySpace, along with video technology vendor RipCode, announced that MySpace mobile users can view all MySpace video ... Read More »

Sling takes its video portal site public

November 25 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Steven Musil | CNET

The streaming site of Slingbox maker Sling Media opens up to the public, delivering TV episodes, clips, and full-length movies to a single destination. ... Read More »

Nielsen: Mobile Video Usage Continues to Increase

November 25 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Appliance Web

According to The Nielsen Company’s just released "A2/M2 Three Screen Report," that U.S. usage of TV, Internet and Mobile -- the Three Screens -- continues to increase. ... Read More »

Mobile TV suffers from lack of on-demand programming

November 19 2008 - 11:01 am ET | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

--

Mobile TV has a lot of things going for it: a ton of hype, an eye-catching wow factor and, in one case, an $800 million dedicated network. But it doesn’t have viewers. And that isn’t going to change anytime soon. ... Read More »

VZW expands video-sharing options

November 17 2008 - 1:07 pm ET | Allie Winter | RCR Wireless News

Verizon Wireless has partnered with FunMobility to provide a new video service for customers. ... Read More »

REVIEW: GoTV’s Rock On serves purpose, but that purpose should be free

November 11 2008 - 1:05 pm ET | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

--

It’s no sin (well, not a big one, anyway) for a mobile content company to cash in on stuff that will soon be available free. Rock On Altitude won’t rock your world — and it’s the kind of thing that can be had at countless ... Read More »

TV broadcasters begin testing rival mobile TV technology

November 10 2008 - 12:04 pm ET | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

-The Open Mobile Video Coalition is testing mobile DTV technology, which delivers video broadcasts directly to mobile phones and other devices.-

It seems all the pieces are in place for traditional television broadcasters to tap the perennially hyped mobile video space. Well, all the pieces except the business models, anyway. ... Read More »

Sprint's Hail Mary? Live NFL Broadcasts Target Sports Fans

November 7 2008 - 5:59 am ET | BRIAN DEAGON | Investor's Business Daily

In an industry first, customers of Sprint Nextel cellular service on Thursday were able to watch a live National Football League broadcast, the Cleveland Browns vs. Denver Broncos, on their handsets. ... Read More »

Obama’s win sends nation’s texters into a tizzy

November 6 2008 - 1:35 pm ET | Gary E. Salazar | RCR Wireless News

-Democratic president-elect Barack   Obama waves to supporters following his acceptance speech during an election night rally in Grant Park in   Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008.-Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News

During Tuesday night’s presidential election, millions of Americans used their handsets to communicate via text message. ... Read More »

71.5 Million Tuned In For Election Coverage

November 5 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Alex Weprin | Broadcasting and Cable

ABC leads in ratings, CNN tops for cable ... Read More »

FCC approves VZW-Alltel, Sprint-Clearwire, unlicensed use of TV white spaces

November 4 2008 - 6:58 pm ET | Jeffrey Silva | RCR Wireless News

The Federal Communications Commission today conditionally approved the Verizon Wireless-Alltel Communications L.L.C. and the Sprint Nextel-Clearwire Corp. mergers, while also voting to allow unlicensed devices to operate in ... Read More »

VIDEO: Economic uncertainty could weigh down mobile ad experimentation

November 3 2008 - 12:33 pm ET | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

--

Wondering whether the ripples from the Wall Street implosion will rock the wireless world? They already are, according to Laura Marriott. ... Read More »

ComScore: 6.5M Mobile Vid Watchers in August

October 31 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Chris Albrecht | NewTeeVee

New numbers from comScore show that 6.5 million Americans watched mobile video in August. AT&T, which is the exclusive carrier for the iPhone, was tops among providers, with 4.4 percent of subscribers accessing programmed or on- ... Read More »

Netflix, TiVo team up after 4-year courtship

October 31 2008 - 5:59 am ET | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Associated Press

Home entertainment trendsetters Netflix Inc. and TiVo Inc. are finally joining forces to deliver more movies and old TV episodes to their mutual subscribers, consummating a relationship that was supposed to come together four ... Read More »

Under intense scrutiny and lobbying, Nov. 4 FCC vote moves forward

October 29 2008 - 1:18 pm ET | Jeffrey Silva | RCR Wireless News

So far, despite massive lobbying over scheduled Nov. 4 votes on white spaces, wireless mergers, the universal service fund and intercarrier-compensation reforms, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has yet ... Read More »

Vringo lands first carrier-led video ringtone service

October 28 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Don Reisinger | CNET

Company behind an application that can turn video, images, and slideshows into a personalized ringtone experience inks a deal to bring its service to Turkey. ... Read More »

Qik Now Streams Video on BlackBerry Devices

October 27 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Frederick Lane | Mobile Tech Today

Qik has announced an alpha version of the Qik video-sharing application for the BlackBerry. The Qik application will allow BlackBerry uses to stream live video around the world. ... Read More »

Martin in the spotlight: FCC chief’s Nov. 4 meeting center of controversy

October 27 2008 - 12:58 pm ET | Jeffrey Silva | RCR Wireless News

-FCC CHAIRMAN KEVIN MARTIN-

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN KEVIN MARTIN is coming under mounting pressure to postpone votes on major wireless items scheduled for Nov. 4. ... Read More »

Broadcasters petition to extend white-spaces comments

October 20 2008 - 12:59 pm ET | Jeffrey Silva | RCR Wireless News

Broadcasting groups filed an emergency request at the Federal Communications Commission, effectively asking that a vote not be taken Nov. 4 to allow unlicensed devices in white spaces and that instead comments be sought on a ... Read More »

Mobile TV uptake falling short

October 15 2008 - 5:59 am ET | RCR Wireless News

Spending on mobile broadcast TV services is expected to reach only $2.7 billion by 2013, less than previous forecasts indicated, according to Juniper Research. ... Read More »

CBS Mobile Brings 'The Price Is Right' Home

October 14 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Mariel Bird | Broadcasting and Cable

Teaming up with FremantleMedia to give viewers a chance to win prizes from the comfort of their couch. ... Read More »

25 YEARS: Mobile content history scores lots of hits and misses

October 14 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

-NOKIA WAS THE FIRST to gain traction in mobile gaming when it embedded the addictively simple game Snake on phones.-

The history of mobile data teems with unrestrained hyperbole and hockey-stick projections that all too often flatten as they become low-grade inclines of uptake. But — and stop us if you’ve heard this one before — the future has ... Read More »

Mobile Video Calling Gets Boost

October 13 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Marin Perez | TechWeb

Global IP Solutions released a video engine it said can deliver high-quality peer-to-peer videoconferencing on smartphones. ... Read More »

Mobile TV Revenues to Be Hit Be Free-to-Air Services

October 7 2008 - 5:59 am ET | cellular-news

­The increasing availability of mobile handsets capable of receiving free-to-air analogue and digital terrestrial TV signals will adversely impact the prospects for dedicated mobile broadcast TV networks, according to a new ... Read More »

iPlayer goes mobile

October 3 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Jan Harris | IPTV Watch

Nokia launches its new flagship mobile handset, the N96, today, and as well as impressive photo, gaming and video functionality, users can also run the BBC’s iPlayer through an embedded application. ... Read More »

Au Box brings multimedia together for cell phones

October 1 2008 - 1:16 pm ET | Chiara Castañeda | Network World

While today's cell phones offer a wide range of multimedia functions it's sometimes difficult for users to make the most of everything the handsets offer. ... Read More »

MobiTV to Carry ABC Content

September 30 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Glen Dickson | Broadcasting and Cable

Mobile-video service to deliver on-demand episodes of popular ABC primetime shows. ... Read More »

NBC claims mobile success for Olympics

September 30 2008 - 1:03 pm ET | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

NBC Universal deemed its coverage of the Beijing Olympics a “ringing success,” with its games-dedicated mobile Web site drawing more than 6.5 million unique visitors and 36 million page views, according to Omniture data. ... Read More »

OFDM-based technologies will build on and complement 3G’s success

September 29 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Perry LaForge, Executive Director, CDMA Development Group

-Perry LaForge, Executive Director, CDMA Development Group-

The wireless ecosystem has come to a fascinating stage of its development. The past couple of years have produced plenty of industry fanfare about LTE and mobile WiMAX debuting as 4G technologies. Meanwhile, consumers are just ... Read More »

Will China's DTV standard eclipse its mobile TV spec?

September 16 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Junko Yoshida | EE Times

CMMB may not be the only mobile TV standard in China for long, as Legend Silicon is rolling out more new digital TV chips based on China's terrestrial digital television broadcast standard called GB20600-2006, designed for both ... Read More »

Marketers Try Cell-Phone Video Campaigns

September 16 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Stuart Elliott | Mobile Tech Today

Programs like Meet or Delete and Engine Room, which are created for marketers and feature products interwoven into the plots, are becoming more popular among execs at TV networks. Such shows, known on Madison Ave. ... Read More »

Reconnecting music with mobile

September 15 2008 - 12:11 pm ET | Colin Gibbs

-Nokia's Paul Smith-Les Kamens/The Photo Group

San Francisco — Full-track downloads are spinning their wheels and subscription services are falling on deaf ears. So Nokia Corp. and its music-industry partners are hoping music lovers will shell out for devices that come with ... Read More »

VIDEO: Industry aims to reconnect music with mobile

September 9 2008 - 5:13 pm ET | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

-Warner Music Group EVP Michael Nash-

SAN FRANCISCO -- Full-track downloads are spinning their wheels and subscription services are falling on deaf ears. So Nokia Corp. and its music-industry partners are hoping music lovers will shell out for devices that come with ... Read More »

No numbers (or medal awards yet) when it comes to mobile Olympics uptake

September 3 2008 - 1:11 pm ET | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

-MICHAEL PHELPS of the U.S. takes a stroke in the men’s 400-meter relay swimming event at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.-Natalie Behring/Bloomberg News

The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing were touted as a potential springboard for mobile video, an event that could help push the application beyond early adopters and gadget geeks and into the mainstream. ... Read More »

Buzzd grabs deck space on Virgin Mobile USA

September 3 2008 - 1:20 pm ET | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

Virgin Mobile USA Inc. has tapped buzzd to power an ad-supported, location-based entertainment offering from its home deck. ... Read More »

Analyst Angle: Counter-arguments for evaluating next-gen network rollout strategies

September 1 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Michael W. Thelander, CEO, Signals Research Group, LLC

Michael W. Thelander-CEO, Signals Research Group, LLC-

Over the next few years the three major mobile operators in North America will deploy their respective next-generation broadband wireless technologies. Sprint Nextel, through its Clearwire relationship, will deploy Mobile WiMAX ... Read More »

Action heats up in white-spaces debate

August 29 2008 - 1:43 pm ET | Jeffrey Silva | RCR Wireless News

Just as the Federal Communications Commission appears ready to settle the great white-spaces debate — one predominantly framed to date by a powerful broadcast lobby fearing costly disruption to digital signals from unlicensed ... Read More »

Leap launches video-viewing features

August 28 2008 - 12:55 pm ET | Allie Winter | RCR Wireless News

Cricket Communications Inc. said it is giving customers all the video their eyes can take, for $5 a month. The subsidiary of Leap Wireless International Inc., Cricket is offering unlimited mobile video service, allowing customers ... Read More »

Wireless, the DNC and all the news that’s fit to distribute

August 26 2008 - 4:47 pm ET | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

-Colin Gibbs-

As you may know, this week’s Democratic National Convention — right here in RCRWireless.com’s beautiful, mile-high backyard — is very much a wireless affair. ... Read More »

MediaFLO announces new news channels

August 25 2008 - 12:42 pm ET | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

MediaFLO USA Inc. expanded its live news coverage with three new channels of 24-hour-a-day content. ... Read More »

Analyst Angle: Call-to-action advertising proves that dreams do come true

August 25 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Frank Dickson, co-founder, chief research officer, MultiMedia Intelligence

Frank Dickson-co-founder, chief research officer, MultiMedia Intelligence |-

There is a ride in Disneyland called “Fantasy Land.” The ride consists of park guests loading into a boat and floating down a mystic river, admiring miniaturized models of scenes from fairy tales. One can see Cinderella’s castle, ... Read More »

Stations to Organize More Mobile-DTV Tests

August 20 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Glen Dickson | Broadcasting and Cable

Open Mobile Video Coalition to work with Advanced Television Systems Committee to speed standards process. ... Read More »

Mobile Search May Soon Find Its Niche

August 19 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Mairi Clark | NewsFactor

Companies give insufficient focus to the mobile Web, according to Hugh Griffiths, director of mobile at Microsoft. "At the very least, brands have an opportunity to create a great experience for users," he says. ... Read More »

Free the airwaves, cries Google

August 19 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Bill Ray | The Register

Google has launched another round in the PR battle over American white space, with a new website asking visitors to sign a petition to convince the FCC to allow unlicensed use of the spaces between TV channels. ... Read More »

YouTube serves up ads to ‘millions’ of mobile users

August 19 2008 - 1:54 pm ET | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

Google Inc. is toying with display ads on its popular YouTube mobile site. ... Read More »

TV networks rewrite the definition of a news bureau

August 13 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Brian Stelter | International Herald Tribune (IHT)

CNN announced on Tuesday that it would assign journalists to 10 cities across the United States, a move that would double the number of domestic cities where the cable news network has outposts. ... Read More »

Even Koreans turn off mobile TV

August 12 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Andrew Orlowski | The Register

Despite billions invested in turning mobile phones into pocket TV sets, the public continues to find it all a giant yawn. A study by TMC Media published earlier this month suggests that peak-time viewing of direct broadcast TV on ... Read More »

Mobile video surprise

August 12 2008 - 12:21 pm ET | Tom Wheeler, managing director of Core Capital Partners

-Tom Wheeler, managing director of Core Capital Partners-

The rollout and consumer uptake of mobile video has been slower than expected for wireless carriers. But watch out, assembling just over the horizon is a new mobile video technology that promises to shake up this already ... Read More »

Mobile video to score $15B in revenue by ‘12

August 6 2008 - 10:46 am ET | RCR Wireless News

Mobile video revenue will exceed $3.5 billion this year, driven by consumer demand for personalization and entertainment content on their mobile phones, according to new research from MultiMedia Intelligence. ... Read More »

I want my m-TV free

August 5 2008 - 2:53 pm ET | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

--

If there’s one lesson to be gleaned from all the mobile TV trials in the last year or so, it’s that users aren’t very interested in paying for the stuff. In just the last couple of weeks: ... Read More »

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Redline, Aruba, ERF and more

August 5 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Kristen Beckman | RCR Wireless News

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when ... Read More »

MobiTV reaches 4 million mobile video subscribers

August 4 2008 - 1:28 pm ET | Daisy Whitney | TV Week

Mobile TV provider MobiTV said it now counts 4 million subscribers to its mobile video programming service. That’s an increase from 3 million customers just 10 months ago. ... Read More »

VIDEO: Olympics to provide vast opportunity for mobile content

August 4 2008 - 12:26 pm ET | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

--

Welcome to our weekly RCR Wireless Newscast. This week it's all about the Olympics, which are set to kick off Friday. Eyes from around the world will be on Beijing, and wireless users will have plenty of ways to follow the action ... Read More »

Toshiba shuts down Japanese mobile TV effort

August 1 2008 - 1:26 pm ET | Kristen Beckman | RCR Wireless News

Toshiba Corp. said it will shut down its four-year-old, satellite-based digital multimedia broadcasting service, which it offers via its Mobile Broadcasting Corp. business unit. ... Read More »

Open mic

July 31 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Jeffrey Silva | RCR Wireless News

--

Time was when the bloody white- spaces spat was nice and neat, with mostly high-tech giants seeking more spectrum for Wi-Fi pitted against television broadcasters fearful of interference to digital signals from wireless devices ... Read More »

Mobile video phone sales set for strong growth

July 30 2008 - 5:59 am ET | RCR Wireless News

Mobile video phone sales reached nearly $99 million in 2007 and should experience strong growth during the next five years despite worries about profitability of mobile video services, according to a new report from Infonetics. ... Read More »

Growing the mobile video advertising market

July 29 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Levi Shapiro

-Levi Shapiro-

Patrick Maurer is no techie. “I can barely work my toaster,” says the lanky 29-year-old sales rep with the self-described “tennis player” hairstyle. But Patrick may represent the most promising aspect of mobile marketing and ... Read More »

Cellphoners to dial into latest Stephen King yarn

July 25 2008 - 1:16 pm ET | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

Stephen King fans can check out the author’s latest work on their phones through a deal between Marvel Entertainment, CBS Mobile and Simon & Schuster subsidiary Scribner. ... Read More »

Virgin Mobile Axes Stripping Campaign

July 22 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Marin Perez | InformationWeek

So, the MVNO Virgin Mobile wanted a viral way to promote its phones while also donating clothing to nonprofits that clothe homeless teens. Sounds like a noble goal, and nothing could go wrong, right? Well, it can get sticky if ... Read More »

Viacom CEO 'great' content is king

July 22 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Stefanie Olsen | CNET

Despite the sometimes-notion that content is a commodity, Viacom Chief Phillippe Dauman said that there's never been a better time to be in the business of creating shows, films or casual games thanks to the Internet. ... Read More »

Qik Offers Its Mobile Video Sharing Service To The Masses

July 21 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Eric Zeman | InformationWeek

Ever wanted to stream live video from your phone to a friend or family member somewhere? What about archive video you've shot from your phone directly to the Web? Qik lets you do both. Today, Qik officially entered public beta. ... Read More »

Instinct marketing goes viral

July 16 2008 - 1:49 pm ET | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

--

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is pushing its recently launched Instinct handset with a viral video campaign on Break.com ... Read More »

MediaFLO makes room for X Games

July 16 2008 - 1:42 pm ET | Colin Gibbs | RCR Wireless News

ESPN and MediaFLO USA Inc. launched a dedicated channel to bring X Games coverage to mobile users. ... Read More »

For teens, the future is mobile

July 15 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Stefanie Olsen | CNET

Marketing firm Fuse talks to Sony, MTV Networks, Yahoo, and Nokia to find out what the future of technology will look like for the teens. The conclusion: It's mobile. ... Read More »

Sponsored Links

Wireless Hut
Buy GPS devices and unlocked phones or cell phone accessories, online. Find gift ideas like Bluetooth headsets and cordless phones, today! Products Available: Nokia Phones | Motorola Phones | Samsung Phones | Sony-Ericsson Phones | LG Phones | Blackberry Phones | VOIP Phones | iPhone Accessories | Handheld PC, PDA and Video | Telephones and Pagers


Beyond E-Tech, Inc.
Unlocked Duet Dual SIM card smart phones packed with cutting-edge features at affordable prices.
Perfect for businessmen and travelers worldwide.
www.beyondetech.com
877-220-DUET


The Wireless Source
A global leader in the reuse and recycling of mobile devices. Visit our web site at
www.thewirelesssource.com


Paramount Products Group
ihx-mobile wireless accessories
iharmonix high fidelity stereo earphones
turn key accessory programs for carriers and agents
www.paramountwireless.com